Teradyne and Tecnomatix Expand Alliance

BOSTON & NASHUA, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 2002-- such as BMW, Ford, GM, Mazda, Comau, Faurecia, Sanmina-SCI, Solectron, Nortel, Philips, Boeing, Airbus, GE Aircraft Engines, Lockheed Martin - have been turning to Tecnomatix MPM solutions, visit www.tecnomatix.com

For more information contact:

Bill Siegel
[e-mail]
Director of Corporate Communications
Tecnomatix Technologies, Ltd.
Nashua, NH USA
603.589.1434

Todd Van Hoosear
[e-mail]
Boston MA  USA
617.620.7114

About Teradyne Inc:

Teradyne (NYSE: TER) is the world's largest supplier of automatic test equipment and is also a leading supplier of high performance interconnection systems. Teradyne's test products are used by manufacturers of semiconductors, circuit assemblies, voice and broadband telephone networks. Teradyne's backplane assemblies and high-density connectors are used by manufacturers of communications and computing systems central to building networking infrastructure. The company had sales of $1.4 billion in 2001 and currently employs about 8000 people worldwide. For more information, visit www.teradyne.com.

For more information contact:

Mark Stygles
[e-mail]
Marketing Communications - North America
Westford, MA USA 01886-0033
USA: 978 589 7425

Renate Fritz
[e-mail]
Marketing Communications Manager - Europe & Asia
Ismaning, Germany
Germany: 49 89 962 85 303